Patrick van Deurzen

Patrick van Deurzen (Eindhoven, 27 January 1964) is a Dutch composer.

Biography
Patrick Deurzen studied guitar with Dick Hoogeveen and Music Theory with Peter-Jan Wagemans and Jan Kleinbussink at the Rotterdam Conservatory. As a composer he is self-taught but attended classes of instrumentation Klaas de Vries with whom he has had regular work meetings. He also received some composition lessons from Wagemans. He worked as a guitarist, conductor, singer and wrote several articles on 20th-century music. He also worked on several documentaries for the NPS, which include Schoenberg's Moses and Aaron and Alban Berg s violin concerto. Currently he is active as a composer and teaches at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and Codarts Rotterdam.

The idea that Pavlovian association is a feature that makes man unique is the starting point of Van Deurzens composing. Deurzen also often adds text that the musicians should recite to add a different level of meaning to the composition, as in his quintet Choral, Prelude & Fugue (2005) where each part contains texts of Don Quixote. In 2002 he won the Second international composition competition for choral music in Hasselt (Belgium), Deux poèmes the Baudelaire for a cappella choir, conducted by the Flemish Radio Choir.

Compositions

 * Tornado (2011, Orchestra. Strings, 2 oboes, 2 horns)
 * Monologue (2011, Cello)
 * Turris Babel (2010, Female quintet, stones, sticks and water; text from Athanasius Kircher and the Bible)
 * Three Songs (2010, Singer, Guitar; Poems by Marianne Grootenboer)
 * Improvising on Bach's Prelude in C minor (2009, Piano)
 * Love Song (2009, Male quintet and string quartet)
 * Turris Babel (2009, pre-study, Female quintet)
 * Les Tènébres (2008, Voice, piano and optional film; text from Baudelaire)
 * Wahnbrot, sechs chorstücke nach Paul Celan (2008, Mixed choir)
 * If I were God (2007, Mixed choir with viola and cello; text by Astrid Lindgren)
 * Thank God Sylvia! We're alive! (2007, Orchestra. Strings and Percussion)
 * Geheime Tuin (Secret Garden, poems by Hendrik de Vries) (2007, Two soprano's, soprano-/altsax, harmonium, percussion)
 * Seven (2006, String quartet)
 * ceux qui sont venus du ciel (2006, A-clarinet)
 * Six: a line is a dot that went for a walk (2006, Flugelhorn, Percussion, Double bas)
 * Choral, Fugue e Prelude (2005, Wind quintet)
 * Eight scenes from Alice (2005, Female choir, percussion)
 * Langs de Randen van de Nacht (Past the edges of the night) (2005, Horn, Strings, harp, percussion)
 * Three (2005, Violin, Horn, percussion)
 * Duo (2002, Clarinet, Oboe)
 * Cantigas d'amor (2001, Singer, Piano)
 * Four solo's for Bass clarinet (2001, Bass clarinet)
 * Deux poèmes de Baudelaire (2001, Mixed choir)